‘Asian Games monkey is finally off my back’ — Mirabai Chanu calls Japan ‘happy hunting ground’ after Asiad silver

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Saikhom Mirabai Chanu lifted a total of 198kg — 87 kg in snatch and 111 kg in clean & jerk — to take silver, her first-ever Asian Games medal in Aichi-Nagoya. She already has medals at the Olympic Games, World Championship, Commonwealth Games and Asian Championships. 

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